Joseph G. Armstrong Edward V. Babcock The 1917 Pittsburgh mayoral election was held on Tuesday, November 6, 1917.

The 1917 contest was conducted under a nonpartisan election law that eliminated party labels from ballots and replaced party primaries with a single nonpartisan blanket primary.

Former mayor William A. Magee, who was similarly barred from succeeding himself in 1913, sought the office again in 1917.

[2] A final election round was held between the top two finishers in the primary, with Babcock beating Magee by 4,555 votes.

[1] Kerr and socialist Albert R. Jerling received a smattering of write-in votes.